This could become the most radioactive place on earth

Over a quarter of a million tons of highly radioactive waste is just sitting around across the globe, in some cases leaching toxins into the environment. And nobody knows what to exactly to dowith it – except for Finland. We visit the the only high-level nuclear waste storage site in the world.

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Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer
Camera: Florian Kroker
Video editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising editors: Joanna Gottschalk, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Michael Trobridge

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Read more:

English site with information about the final repository Onkalo:
https://www.posiva.fi/en/index/finald...

Types of nuclear waste:
https://www.nrc.gov/waste.html

Studies about copper canister corrosion:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Scientific debate based on previous studies:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://cris.vtt.fi/en/publications/r...

Special thanks to the interview partners whose expertise was essential for the video:
David Shoesmith, Jinshan Pan, Johan Swahn, Katy Huff, Markku Lehtonen, Matti Kojo, Päivi Mäenalanen, Wolfram König

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Onkalo History
02:35 Onkalo Geology
03:38 Types of Nuclear Waste
08:50 Eurajoki: The Community
10:45 Transferability
12:32 Conclusion